From the announcement of this aspect of the game, it has been a controversial topic, although it does further reinforce the real component of the game.

Eventually, the car will deteriorate to the point that it begins to under-perform. At this stage, the player must get the car serviced, which can take up to several hours in real-time.

This freemium nature sparked backlash from "hardcore" fans. As of update 1. Introduced in update 1. Each race costs one drive point. The player begins with two drive points, and can only increase their maximum available drive points to five by using gold coins.

When the player runs out of drive points, they can use two gold coins to get a full refill or simply wait until the game automatically replenishes the points one point is replenished every eighteen minutes.

Purchasing a VIP service for any car must be done through the in-app store and costs real world money, with each VIP service usable only for the car for which it is purchased.

However, if they purchase the VIP service for that car, it will be delivered instantly upon purchase. The service works the same for upgrades.

The player is free to hire no crew members if they wish, or all three. Each crew member costs one gold coin. From time to time, crew members offer their services for free.

Control in Real Racing 3 is similar to that of its predecessors. The player is given seven different control methods from which to choose: Within each of these options, the player can modify the amount of brake assist and steering assist, as well as selecting to turn on or off "traction control".

In Tilt A and Tilt B, the accelerometer sensitivity can also be modified. Real Racing 3 features eleven different types of race; [11] "Cup" basic race against nine to twenty-one opponents over several laps ; "NASCAR" rolling start race in NASCAR cars with up to 42 opponents, with drafting available ; "Formula E" rolling start race in Formula E cars with manual controls and disabled brakes, players automatically lose the race if the battery runs out ; "Elimination" race against seven opponents, where the car in last place is eliminated every 20 seconds ; "Endurance" the player begins with sixty seconds on the clock, and must reach a certain distance before the timer runs out.

Time is added, up to a maximum ninety When initially released, the game did not offer a "traditional" multiplayer mode where people who are all online at the same time race against one another , it instead offered a type of multiplayer known as "Time Shifted Multiplayer" TSM , a system invented by Firemonkeys.

TSM works by recording the lap times of people in each race, and then, when the player goes online, the game itself recreates those lap times , i.

AI opponents in multiplayer mode are actually emulating the laps raced by real people at another time. As of update 2. Weekly multiplayer tournaments are also included, as are multiplayer leaderboards, via Game Center.

Drafting occurs when a car comes behind another and drafts at the bumper. When there is a group of 4 or more in a single file line, that is called train drafting.

It holds more speed than normally drafting with 1 car. In , the developers made a mistake. All cars in each circuit had the ability to draft.

The bug was finally patched during their major update in Introduced in the 4. Plus, certain cars can be used to attend a special kind of series called the exclusive series, in which only one car can be used in each exclusive series, but the opponents do not necessarily use the car.

The game features officially licensed cars. As of Update 1. Cars purchased before the introduction of unlocks remain playable along with any race series that features that car; even if the player has not yet progressed to the point where they would normally be able to unlock them.

The game includes nineteen real-world racetracks, including a fictional but geographically accurate street circuit about 1. The next update in May added Lexus as a new manufacturer, and also added two variations of the Dodge Charger , and a new racetrack, the Dubai Autodrome.

The April update added a range of open-wheel cars , such as the Ariel Atom 3. The January update added Spadaconcept as a new manufacturer, along with two variations of the Spada Codatronca , and an "exclusive reveal" of the Porsche Cayman GT4.

The March update added three Aston Martin race cars, all of which are based on the Vantage car line: The December update added four new cars: The September update added three Supercars race cars: